From the Guidance Officer
Jo Minto
Queensland Mental Health Week 9-17 October, is an annual awareness week that aims to shine a spotlight on mental health and wellbeing.
This year's theme is 'Take time for mental health' which focus on the six actions are:
- get healthy— being active and eating well is good for your mind as well as your body
- keep learning— learning new things can make you more confident as well as being fun
- show kindness— practising small acts of kindness, volunteering time, or simply helping a friend in need can help you feel more satisfied with life
- connect— spending time with other people is important to everyone's mental wellbeing
- take notice— paying more attention to the present and the world around you helps relieve stress and enjoy the moment
- embrace nature— connecting with the outdoors and taking care of the planet is the best recipe for world wellbeing.
- October is Safe Work Month which is an annual event aimed at putting the spotlight on the importance of safe and healthy workplaces, improving rehabilitation and return to work outcomes for injured staff, and taking time for mental health.
- It also means doing what we can to reduce the prevalence of work-related violence and aggression, supporting injured staff to safely return to work and supporting those going through domestic and family violence.
- The department's theme for Safe Work Month this year is 'Work safe, learn safe, be safe' which reinforces our ongoing commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees, students and anyone else who steps into our schools and workplaces.